Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1995, 7:43 PM EST for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1995, 7:43 PM EST (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1995, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Telfair County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 280046 RRA SVRATL GAC271-280115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 743 PM EST MON MAR 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN TELFAIR COUNTY AT 740 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF JACKSONVILLE IN SOUTHERN TELFAIR COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:24 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
GAZ121>123-272325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 522 PM EST MON MAR 27 1995 AT 519 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT GAINES. PERSONS IN EASTERN CLAY COUNTY AND WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS, GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL AND PDANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:26 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
GAZ121>123-272325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 522 PM EST MON MAR 27 1995 AT 519 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT GAINES. PERSONS IN EASTERN CLAY COUNTY AND WESTERN CALHOUN AND WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEZAVY RAINS, GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:26 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
GAZ126-127-280025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 623 PM EST MON MAR 27 1995 AT 618 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF LEESBURG IN NORTHERN LEE COUNTY. PERSONS IN NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY AND NORTHERN WORTH COUNTY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:42 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
GAZ106-128-130-131-280145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 642 PM EST MON MAR 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER SOUTH - CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 638 PM RADAR IN MACON WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CENTERED OVER WARWICK IN NORTHERN WORTH COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN TURNER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN CRISP COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:43 PM EST, 1 hour before
GAZ106-128-130-131-280145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 642 PM EST MON MAR 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER SOUTH - CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 638 PM RADAR IN MACON WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CENTERED OVER WARWICK IN NORTHERN WORTH COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN TURNER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN CRISP COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND6S...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:46 PM EST, 57 minutes before
GAZ106-128-130-131-280145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 642 PM EST MON MAR 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER SOUTH - CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 638 PM RADAR IN MACON WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CENTERED OVER WARWICK IN NORTHERN WORTH COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN TURNER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN CRISP COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS TO TH>E EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Ben Hill | 42 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.